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Interesting quote: > Athens' prolific potters looked for new ways of manufacturing vessels in affordable clay to imitate metal wares – a process known as skeu
by gilleain 3y ago
Interesting quote:
> Athens' prolific potters looked for new ways of manufacturing vessels in affordable clay to imitate metal wares – a process known as skeuomorphism ... [ jugs] even has discs on the handle to mimic rivets necessary for metal attachments but serving no purpose in clay.
Not just icons on applications, then.
- kemayo 3y agoYeah, I'm so used to seeing skeuomorphism used in terms of UI design that this felt a bit jarring to read. Makes perfect sense, of course. The word just means imitating the design of something made of a different material.
- jareklupinski 3y ago> mimic rivets necessary for metal attachments but serving no purpose in clay where is the line between cargo-cult and skeuomorphism